rostrum
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Definition of rostrum
1 [ Latin Rostra, plural, a platform for speakers in the Roman Forum decorated with the beaks of captured ships, from plural of rostrum ]
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Synonyms
dais, platform, podium, stage, stand, tribune
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While the Democrat who presides over the senate, Fetterman, stepped away from the senate rostrum Scarnati, seized the gavel and ordered the vote to go on. — Tara Law, Time, "Pennsylvania Senate Session Descends Into Screaming Match Over Poverty Assistance Program," 29 June 2019 Hanington soon strode up to Gideon at the rostrum and shouted at her before fellow Republican lawmakers intervened. — BostonGlobe.com, "Lawmaker apologizes for yelling at Maine speaker, calling her a ‘weasel’," 20 June 2019 The Pinocchio frog is just one of a handful of New Guinea treefrogs in the same genus that sport these spiky noses, or rostrums. — Jason Bittel, National Geographic, "New Pinocchio frog species has a strange, pointy nose," 7 June 2019 Their signature feature is the unusual flat paddle, or rostrum, that extends from the snout and can be half as long as the fish. — New York Times, "Hooking the Dinosaur of Fish," 26 May 2018 Auctioneers at the rostrum can often tell who is going to win the bidding in advance. — Kevin Conley, Town & Country, "Xin Li of Christie's: The Most Valuable Speed-Dial in the Art World," 15 May 2014 That had been a far cry from his bellicose rhetoric, issued both on Twitter and from the rostrum of the United Nations last fall. — Catherine Lucey And Zeke Miller, The Christian Science Monitor, "Trump cancels summit with North Korea over perceived threats," 24 May 2018 That had been a far cry from his bellicose rhetoric, issued both on Twitter and from the rostrum of the United Nations last fall. — BostonGlobe.com, "President Trump pulls out of North Korea summit," 24 May 2018 An awestruck Wiesel, who was speaking at the rostrum, struggled for words. — Robert King, Indianapolis Star, "Eva Kor as we've never seen her: Film adds layers to story of Indiana Holocaust survivor," 2 Apr. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'rostrum.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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